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this definitely isn’t the way to do it, but churches should call to repentance “members” whose life and actions show no sign of regeneration, and who have drifted away from fellowship with other christians. A quiet “you have been removed from the church roll” letter doesn’t adequately convey a pastoral concern for the soul of the recipient.
then again, i didn’t know that reformed churches had the ability to declare someone to no longer be a christian. consistent with the doctrine of the perserverance of the saints, either the person was never a christian, and was deluded, or is in need of coming back to faith to demonstrate that their faith was genuine.